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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Yogizuna who wrote (45782)3/27/2002 4:29:00 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (3) of 82486
 
Since you have tended to be fairly liberal about a number of issues, I'm wondering what your view is of the recent suit filed for slave trade reparations.

Not pushing you into a corner of defending it if that's not your view, but my first impression is that this is nutzo, and want to see whether there is a credible argument for the other side.

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Attorneys for a
former law student, who discovered
evidence linking U.S. corporations to
the slave trade, filed a federal lawsuit
Tuesday that could seek billions of
dollars in reparations for the
descendants of slaves in America.

The lawsuit filed in federal court in
Brooklyn names FleetBoston Financial, the
railroad firm CSX and the Aetna insurance
company, and promises to name up to 100
additional corporations at a later date.

It accuses the companies of conspiracy,
human rights violations, unjust enrichment
from their corporate predecessors' roles in
the slave trade and conversion of the value
of the slaves' labor into their profits.

cnn.com
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